Improved folding arm-chair



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY` S. GOLIGHTLY AND CHARLES S. TWITCHELL, OF NEW HAVEN, CON-NECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO ENGLISH 8a MERSICK, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVED FOLDING ARM-CHA'IR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 10,2 l 0, dated October6, 1863.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, HENRY S. GoLIGH'rLY and CHARLES S. TwIroIIELL, bothof the city and county ot' New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Arm Chairs; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, cear, and exact descriptionof the construction, character, and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of thisspecitication, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thc chairready for use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same when folded.

Our improvement consists in attaching the lower ends of the uprights orstandards ct' the back of the chair to one pair of the crosslegs at adistance of some inches below the upper ends of the legs, and theirupper ends to the upper or rear ends of the arms, (both with joint orfulcrum pins,) and in attaching the upper slat of the back iminovablytothe upper or rear ends or extremities of the arms, all in such aposition that the chair may be folded and unfolded with the utmost easeand readir ess.

We make the two pairs of cross legs afa and b b in the usual form, withthe proper' rounds or bars to hold them together and to support thesacking, as shown in Fig. 1, and we put on the sacking in the usual way.We make the arms A A each of a piece of solid timber bent to a suitableshape, as shown in Fig. 1 and edgewise in Fig. 2;

to the upper ends of the arms we permanently attach the top or upperslat, B, of the back;

and we secure the lower or front ends of there arms to the upper ends ofthe legs b l) by passing them onto the projecting ends of the bar whichsustains the front of the seat, as shown at g, Figs. 1 and 2. We makethe uprights or standards C C of the back of two pieces of timber bentto the proper shape, and t in two or any suitable number of slats, as EE, Fig. 1. We attach the lower ends of these standards C C (with jointor fnlcrum pins) to the upper portion of the legs a a a and.

few inches below their upper ends, as shown at c, Figs. 1 and 2, toequalize the length of theparts when folding, and to give the back aneasier pitch 5 and we attach the upper ends of these standards C C byjoint pins or bolts to the upper or rear portions of the arms A A, asshown at d and e, Fig. 1, and at d, Fig. 2, with a short slot in thestandards, as shown at e, to leave the joint entirely free while foldingand unfolding, and yet allow the lower edge of the slat B to rest uponthe ends of the standards when the chair is in use, all as shown in Fig.1.

Having made the several parts and secured them in their properpositions, as before described, and represented in Fig. 1, it' we wishto fold it we can take it, with one hand, by the rear bar of the seat,as at H. and lift it from the tloor, when the parts will, by their owngravity, assume the position shown in Fig. 2, and when we want it againfor use we take it up, with one hand, by the slat B, and set it on thefloor, as shown in Fig. 1.

We are aware that folding arm-chairs have heretofore been made withcross-legs, the back made with standards and slats and with curvec arms;but in all such cases the arms have had in their upper ends either longslots or grooves, which essentially weakened them, added to the expenseof their manufacture, and are otherwise seriously objectionable in theiruse. We therefore do not claim either of the parts, as such, nor anycombination with slotted or grooved arms; but

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The corr bination of the standards G, C when attached to the legs a abelow the seat, with the solid arms A A, With the upper slat ofthe backimmovably attached to them, when the whole is constructed and fitted foruse and folding substantially as herein described.

Witnesses: n EDWIN GAsE, R. FITZGERALD.

